{"id":141,"date":"2011-04-13T17:23:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T21:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dailyjoys\/?p=141"},"modified":"2011-04-13T17:23:03","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T21:23:03","slug":"a-prayer-in-the-midst-of-chaos-and-political-divides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailyjoys\/2011\/04\/a-prayer-in-the-midst-of-chaos-and-political-divides.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer in the Midst of Chaos and Political Divides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear God,<br \/>\nAs I hold in my hand this next, small, utterly unexpected miracle, I know whom to thank.<\/p>\n<p>Thank You.<br \/>\nThank you for all the ways that you bless my life, soul, heart, view and being.  Thank you for the angels you hold so precious in whose company you have allowed me to walk (seen and unseen, acknowledged or ignored) all my life.<br \/>\nThank you for helping me realize that the days in which it seems so \u201ceasy,\u201d is simply because You have gone before and made the way for me.<br \/>\nGod: my pathfinder.<br \/>\nThank you.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Anne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear God, As I hold in my hand this next, small, utterly unexpected miracle, I know whom to thank. Thank You. Thank you for all the ways that you bless my life, soul, heart, view and being. 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